Dental Implants in Melbourne
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At Lifestyle Smiles, our dental implant services offer a permanent solution for missing teeth, restoring both function and aesthetics to your smile. Utilising the latest technology and techniques, our skilled team ensures precise, comfortable, and effective implant procedures.
Whether you need a single tooth replacement or a full mouth reconstruction, we tailor our approach to meet your unique needs, providing you with a natural-looking smile that lasts.
What are dental implants?
At Lifestyle Smiles, our dental implant services offer a permanent solution for missing teeth, restoring both function and aesthetics to your smile. Utilising the latest technology and techniques, our skilled team ensures precise, comfortable, and effective implant procedures.
Whether you need a single tooth replacement or a full mouth reconstruction, we tailor our approach to meet your unique needs, providing you with a healthier smile that lasts.
Types of Dental Implants
Single Dental Implants
If you’re missing one tooth, a single tooth implant can be inserted in place of your natural tooth root. This is an ideal tooth replacement option if you want to keep the stability of your remaining natural teeth.
Unlike traditional bridges, a single implant preserves the integrity of the surrounding teeth while providing a natural-looking tooth replacement option.
Implant Bridge
If you have multiple missing teeth, a fixed implant bridge is the perfect solution. Unlike dentures, implant bridges are fixed to your jaw for a more convenient, aesthetic solution that enhances your quality of life while keeping your teeth healthy.
Full Mouth Fixed Implant Solutions
If most of your teeth are missing or damaged, you can replace a full set of teeth with full mouth implant solutions such as All on 4 Plus. With this option, you’ll never have to worry about dentures falling out or not being able to bite into an apple ever again! Even better, we have solutions such as general anaesthetic so you can wake up and go home with fixed teeth on the same day.
Full Mouth Removable Implant Solutions
If you don’t have the budget for All on 4, you could consider implant overdentures. This full mouth removal implant solution allows you to chew all the foods you love, but need to be taken out of your mouth to be cleaned thoroughly.
* If a bone graft is required, then the treatment time will be longer than 3 months
Benefits of dental implants
Maximum Function
Having a dental implant is like having permanent teeth. You will have full function when it comes to biting and chewing, plus you won’t get the sensitivity to cold that you would usually get with your own teeth!
Cost Effective
Dental implants can last for several years, or even a lifetime, when taken care of properly. This makes them more cost effective than other tooth replacement options, helping you save money in the long run.
Less Invasive
Placing a titanium dental implant into your jawbone might sound scary, but it’s not. The procedure is done seamlessly by one of our dental implant experts and the procedure often takes less time than a large filling. Compared to other options like a dental bridge, implants preserve bone and tissue while avoiding potential damage to surrounding teeth.
Great Aesthetics
Dental Implants can be matched perfectly to your natural teeth so no one can tell the difference. It looks and feels like a natural tooth, the ultimate replacement for a single missing tooth.
The Dental Implant Process from start to finish
Initial Exam & Taking of Digital Records
To start your implant journey, we will take a full set of photos of your teeth and face and some xrays including a 3D CBCT scan. We will also conduct a thorough intra-oral examination to assess your overall oral health and eligibility for dental implants. The goal of this appointment is to identify which treatment options are best for you moving forward.
Dental Implant Placement
Once the plan is finalised, you will be scheduled for your dental implant surgery. The visit itself is usually 30-45 minutes for a simple implant surgery, and one or more hours for more difficult cases.
Healing after the surgery is usually not as bad as the teeth removal, because there won’t be an open wound to heal. We have sedation options or even general anaesthetic for anxious patients to ensure that your dental visit is as comfortable as possible. We offer a complimentary follow-up visit 1 week post surgery to ensure everything is healing well.
Dental Implant Crown
In most cases, we need to wait three months for the healing process to finish and for your dental implant to integrate with your body. At this point we will get you to return for two visits to insert your final teeth.
In some cases we’re able to complete this quicker. For full arch or All on 4 Plus implants, you can have your teeth within 24-48 hours of the implant surgery. On the other hand, dental implants that require bone grafting or soft tissue grafting will take a longer time to heal. Each case is uniquely different.
Our Patient’s Dental Implant Results
Every smile has a story and every story has a smile. Check out some of our dental implant patient’s before and after. We can also help you maintain a healthier smile today.
After photos were taken approximately three months after the procedure.
Treatment results vary between individuals, and outcomes cannot be guaranteed. Everyone's mouth and body are different, so outcomes will vary for each patient. Your oral health, medical history, anatomy, and lifestyle habits all affect outcomes.
Dental implant frequently asked questions
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Our experienced dentists at Lifestyle Smiles are here to guide you through your dental implant options. Schedule a complimentary smile assessment to find the perfect solution tailored to your smile goals and budget. We also offer flexible financing options to help make your dream smile a reality—just ask us how!